1985 09 - daily - mean of daily NCEP sigma-0.995 temperature with 25-km topography correction (K); RIMS mask V1; C. Oelke, NSIDC, May 2003 BasinID Name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0 Pan Arctic 279.6 278.9 278.3 277.8 277.9 277.8 277.6 277.6 277.1 276.5 276.4 276.5 276.3 276.7 277.3 276.7 275.5 274.7 274.9 275.2 275.2 275.0 274.6 274.4 273.9 273.3 273.2 273.5 273.5 273.2 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 283.6 283.2 283.6 282.5 282.4 282.4 280.8 279.6 279.8 280.3 281.6 283.4 283.9 285.0 286.0 286.9 285.9 282.3 279.5 277.9 278.3 278.1 278.1 277.9 276.3 277.1 276.5 275.1 274.4 275.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 282.1 280.9 278.2 280.0 281.5 280.4 281.5 279.8 278.1 277.6 277.2 275.8 278.0 277.8 274.9 276.9 282.9 284.7 283.4 276.8 274.8 273.8 274.9 279.2 282.8 278.1 277.3 277.1 275.8 274.0 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 281.1 279.7 277.9 277.3 276.4 276.8 279.3 279.6 276.6 274.4 272.6 272.2 273.1 273.7 275.8 272.7 270.4 269.7 272.0 271.9 270.7 270.1 272.3 272.3 271.2 268.8 272.0 273.2 272.3 272.8 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 270.0 268.1 268.0 266.9 267.9 267.6 266.2 264.3 264.4 263.6 262.9 264.1 262.2 259.8 258.8 262.3 265.3 268.8 267.6 263.7 261.4 260.7 260.3 260.2 259.3 258.4 257.0 258.7 255.5 254.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 280.3 278.0 276.9 276.4 277.1 277.9 278.5 277.0 274.2 272.6 270.7 271.4 272.7 272.5 272.2 271.4 272.0 271.3 270.0 269.8 272.0 271.9 271.7 270.6 269.8 270.5 271.8 271.8 271.5 271.1 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 280.6 280.7 279.0 277.7 275.7 273.9 275.4 278.8 281.1 282.0 282.0 282.4 283.3 282.5 282.2 278.8 273.0 270.2 271.9 275.2 274.2 271.9 272.1 274.0 274.8 273.8 271.7 274.0 276.5 276.4 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 273.2 273.1 272.4 272.5 272.7 273.2 272.6 272.8 274.8 275.7 276.4 273.9 272.3 273.4 274.5 275.2 271.3 269.5 269.1 269.6 268.8 267.3 268.1 268.3 268.2 267.7 266.8 267.0 267.8 270.2 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 277.8 275.7 275.2 275.6 275.9 275.7 275.3 275.0 274.6 274.5 274.5 274.9 273.2 272.4 272.6 274.3 275.4 275.4 273.8 271.6 272.0 272.3 271.5 271.6 271.9 272.9 273.2 272.1 270.4 269.5 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 266.9 266.8 266.5 266.5 266.7 266.5 265.9 263.8 262.8 261.8 261.5 263.1 261.5 258.9 259.9 261.4 262.7 263.3 263.9 262.9 262.9 263.3 263.6 262.3 259.2 256.5 257.9 260.3 259.8 257.2 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 267.1 266.4 266.1 265.3 265.6 266.5 265.9 265.1 264.4 264.5 265.0 265.3 264.3 263.6 262.5 260.9 260.6 259.2 260.6 264.0 266.1 266.6 265.9 265.2 265.0 264.7 265.9 265.3 264.0 261.1 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 266.5 265.4 264.0 264.6 264.5 264.6 263.1 260.8 259.5 258.2 258.4 258.3 256.0 256.3 255.7 254.6 255.1 259.4 262.9 262.3 259.8 258.4 258.8 258.9 256.8 253.2 252.0 255.3 255.8 252.5 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 281.7 280.7 279.9 280.7 279.4 278.9 279.8 281.9 281.7 280.3 279.6 279.7 280.5 280.6 281.2 279.7 278.6 278.3 278.5 278.3 277.7 276.7 276.5 276.0 276.4 276.5 278.1 276.0 275.2 277.5 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 278.6 279.8 283.3 283.6 284.5 285.4 286.4 286.2 284.5 283.0 282.4 282.0 280.7 280.5 280.5 282.1 281.7 281.3 280.9 281.3 281.8 280.2 278.2 276.7 276.6 276.3 275.8 275.3 274.8 274.4 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 282.2 281.9 280.6 280.2 280.7 280.3 279.2 279.4 279.4 278.8 278.5 279.0 279.1 280.7 281.6 280.8 279.9 279.5 280.4 281.1 281.3 281.8 280.6 280.5 280.1 278.6 278.5 278.7 279.0 278.5 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 280.7 278.8 278.7 278.6 278.9 279.4 279.6 279.8 277.8 276.7 276.6 275.6 274.3 273.7 274.2 273.0 272.0 272.2 272.3 272.9 272.9 273.3 272.4 272.1 272.1 272.7 272.3 273.0 272.8 272.8 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 280.3 278.5 276.0 275.9 275.8 273.9 274.6 275.4 273.6 271.2 270.0 268.5 267.1 268.0 270.5 271.6 271.7 272.2 272.0 271.5 272.3 272.2 271.6 268.6 269.0 270.0 270.2 269.1 269.2 269.5 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 281.4 279.6 278.4 277.6 277.2 278.0 280.4 281.4 279.3 277.2 276.3 276.4 277.7 278.5 279.9 276.5 273.1 273.2 275.8 275.2 273.7 274.5 276.9 276.7 274.9 274.0 277.0 277.2 276.8 276.6 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 282.7 280.3 280.8 281.1 282.2 284.1 285.2 282.7 279.3 278.5 277.4 279.5 280.8 282.9 281.0 277.2 276.4 277.9 278.0 275.5 277.2 277.6 277.9 275.9 273.5 276.5 278.7 278.5 280.0 278.0 -9999.0